USA welcomes Uruguay to Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City for a friendly Sunday. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET (FOX). Below, we preview the USA vs. Uruguay odds and lines, and make our best USMNT bets, picks and predictions.
Both clubs will be using this as a tuneup for the 2022 World Cup, which is set to take place in Qatar, starting in November.
The USMNT is in Group B with Iran and England along with Sunday’s winner between Ukraine and Wales. Uruguay is in an easier Group H with Portugal, Ghana and South Korea.
USA will have many of its big-name players like F Christian Pulisic, who played 65 minutes against Morocco Wednesday, star M Weston McKennie, who played 18 minutes, and Bayern Munich M Malik Tillman, who made his USMNT debut.
The USMNT comes is No. 15 in the FIFA men’s rankings, and 13th-ranked Uruguay should provide a better match than what No. 24 Morocco did.
The South American side is led by Manchester United’s F Edinson Cavani, who has 56 goals in 131 caps.
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USMNT vs. Uruguay odds, lines, picks and predictions
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- Money line: USA +180 (bet $100 to win $180) | Uruguay +160 (bet $100 to win $160) | Draw +205
- Over/Under: 2.5 (O: +120 | U: -160)
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Prediction
USA 2, Uruguay 1
Money line (ML)
LEAN USA (+180).
The USMNT has won 8 straight games in its home country, including a 2-0 win against 9th-ranked Mexico. USA’s most-recent win was a 3-0 victory over Morocco Wednesday.
Uruguay beat Mexico 3-0 Thursday despite only having 4 shots on goal. Two of the goals came from Cavani.
Uruguay has won all 5 of its international matches this year. While it has dominated lately, Uruguay was just 8-6-4 in World Cup qualifying, scoring 22 goals and allowing 22 in 18 matches.
Since Copa America, Uruguay is 0-3-1 against FIFA top-15 sides, losing twice to Argentina and once to Brazil.
Given the USMNT’s record in domestic-played games along with the extremely talented roster it is gearing up to play with at the World Cup, I’ll back the home side.
Over/Under (O/U)
BET OVER 2.5 (+120).
As mentioned, USA beat Morocco 3-0. There could’ve been far more goals though as the road side tested the USMNT often and even had a missed penalty kick.
Replay the match with those chances (22 shots and 8 on target) and Morocco scores at least 2. USA capitalized on its chances, hitting 10 shots on target with 11 total attempts. USA has gone over this total in 3 of its last 5.
Uruguay is a lethal attacking side led by Cavani and also 23-year-old M Federico Valverde. Uruguay has gone over this total in 3 of its last 6 matches.
Uruguay should break through at least once in this battle.
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